Bhatta and Guru Matam

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends,

 

I had the opportunity of hearing one of the lecturers telling about

Bhatta and Guru Matams. But, unfortunately, I did not know what they

mean, and what their philosophies are. Can any one can give me some

pointers towards this?

 

Thanks in advance.

Anupam.

[Guest guest]

Shree Anupam - PraNAms

 

Bhatta may be referring to Kumarila Bhatta - he and Prabhakara are

puurvamiimamsakas.  Actually the credit goes to Kumarila Bhatta in wiping out

Buddhism from India. The story goes that he joined the Buddhistic monastry to

study Buddhism so that he can defeat it. He challenged his own teacher after he

came out Buddhism. Later, because of he learned the philosophy by deception, he

immolated himself and when Shankara approached for a debate it was said that he

was on his death bed. He was happy to see Shankara and asked him to meet his

disciple Mandana Misra and have a debate.

 

I have never heard of Guru Matam as some philosophy.

 

 

Hari Om!

Sadananda

 

 

 

--- On Fri, 8/15/08, anupam srivatsav <anupam.srivatsav wrote:

 

I had the opportunity of hearing one of the lecturers telling about

Bhatta and Guru Matams. But, unfortunately, I did not know what they

mean, and what their philosophies are. Can any one can give me some

pointers towards this?

[Guest guest]

Prabhakara is known as Guru and his school of Purvamimamsa is known as Guru Matam. The BhAtta school of Kumarila Bhatta and the PrAbhAkara school of Prabhakara arethe two main schools of purvamimamsa.

Going into further details about these schools would be outside the scope of this group which is devoted to discussion of advaita..

S.N.Sastri

 

 

On 8/15/08, kuntimaddi sadananda <kuntimaddisada wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

Shree Anupam - PraNAms Bhatta may be referring to Kumarila Bhatta - he and Prabhakara are puurvamiimamsakas. Actually the credit goes to Kumarila Bhatta in wiping out Buddhism from India. The story goes that he joined the Buddhistic monastry to study Buddhism so that he can defeat it. He challenged his own teacher after he came out Buddhism. Later, because of he learned the philosophy by deception, he immolated himself and when Shankara approached for a debate it was said that he was on his death bed. He was happy to see Shankara and asked him to meet his disciple Mandana Misra and have a debate.

I have never heard of Guru Matam as some philosophy. Hari Om!Sadananda--- On Fri, 8/15/08, anupam srivatsav <anupam.srivatsav wrote:

I had the opportunity of hearing one of the lecturers telling aboutBhatta and Guru Matams. But, unfortunately, I did not know what theymean, and what their philosophies are. Can any one can give me somepointers towards this?

-- Hara Hara Sankara Jaya Jaya Sankara

S.N.Sastri